Teniophyllum.] CXLVIII. ORCHIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) 77 
CEYLON; in the Ambagamowa district, De Alwis. . . 
Roots fleshy. Peduncle 4 in.; bracts keeled; flowers most minute, pa e Breen ; 
sepals, petals and lip connate into an acutely 6-toothed perianth ; margins of ip "ni ; 
eolumn short; anther square, sub-4-celled ; pollinia 4, pyriform, sessile on the gland.— 
Descript. from Thwaites. 
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2. T. scaberulum, Hook. f.; peduncle } in. scaberulous, sepa 
petals and lip connate at the base, lip deeply saccate with a minute 
mcurved midlobe. 
TRAVANCORE; on teak branches, at Cottayam, Johnson. 
Roots about Ae in. diam., compressed. Peduncle 2-3-fld.; bracts broad ; flowers 
sessile, A in, diam. ; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, fleshy ; sac b spur 
nearly as long as the limb of the lip, base rounded ; column very short; anth 
truncate in front, pollinia pyriform. Capsule (young), l in., slender, curved, 
scaberulous, 
3. T. serrula, Hook. f.; leafless, spike sessile many-fld. appearing 
Serrulate from the number and regularity of the very minute su ide 
tichons bracts, sepals and petals free or nearly so, lip cymbiform, side 
obes low rounded, midlobe very short thick, spur scrotiform. 
Perak ; at Larut, King’s Collector. 
Roots stont, ` indian? Spikes 1-1 in.; bracts concave, obtuse ; flowers about 
lin. diam., reddish-yellow ; sepals lanceolate, obtuse and narrower petals wi 
thick nerve; side lobes of lip incurved; column very short, papillose. Capsule 3-1} 
m., trigonous, . 
69. MICROSACCUS, Blume. 
Small densely tufted epiph tes; stems densely leafy. Leaves disti- 
chous, narrow or scalpelliform, fleshy. Flowers minute, subsessile or very 
shortly racemose, Sepals and petals subequal, widely spreading. i beh 
*mall, adnate to the base of the column, base broadly saccate; side lobes 
small or 0, midlobe broad subentire. Column very short, truncate ; anther 
obtuse; pollinia 4, distinct, ellipsoid or globose, sessile on the slen er 
strap, gland small or medium sized. Capsule small.—Species 3 or 4, 
alayan. 
l. M. javensis, Blume Bijdr. 367; leaves equitant scalpelliform, 
flowers subsolitary. ` Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 219. Saccolabium 
Grifithii, Par, & Reichb. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 145. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith ( Kew Distrib. 5244), Helfer (Kew Distrib. 
$384). Parish, PERAK, Scortechini. — DISTRIB. Malay Islands, Cambodia., vate 
Stems 2-4 in., curved, 4 in. diam. across the leaves. Leaves broa d n- 
obtuse, somewhat recurved, wrinkled when dry. Flowers yg in. diam., M^ late ; 
cealed by the leaves, cellular white; bracts scarious, sheathing ; sepals Gelee dd 
Petals Tather narrower : lip obtusely 3-lobed. Capsule 4 in., sessile, ellipsoid. = 
escription of flower from a drawing by Griffith in Herb. Lindl. I have 
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i Authentic Javan specimen, but the Indian plant agrees well with Blume’s 
€scription. 
2. M. virens Hook. f.; leaves linear-oblong trigonous, flowers in 
very Short racemes. P Aden none virens, Blume Bijdr. 381; Lindl. Gen. 
- Orchid. 235. ] 
Perrak 
Stems 
and fle 
tichon 
» Seortechini—DistR1B. Java, Borneo. . thick 
in., very stout, strongly incurved, Leaves Lie i d brats dis: 
shy, subacute, Racemes much shorter than the leaves, 3-0- s about lim. 
S, ovate, acute, very coriaceous and persistent; flowers coriaceous, 
